Ant community structure on a small Pacific island: Only one native species living with the invaders

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-339

  Cerdá, Xim ^a   Angulo, Elena ^a   Caut, Stéphane ^a   Courchamp, Franck ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biotic resistance; C score; Exotic species; Formicidae; Pheidole oceanica; Surprise Island

Indexed keywords

ANT; BAIT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PITFALL TRAP; SHRUBLAND; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ARGUSIA; FORMICIDAE; MONOMORIUM FLORICOLA; PHEIDOLE OCEANICA; PISONIA;

EID: 84856227178     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0065-0     Document Type: Article

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